Dig your old home movies out of the basement and bring them to this free event from 4:30-6:30 pm. Experts will examine your film and offer tips on preservation. Your movie may even make it to the big screen! Movies will be screened at 7:30 and 8:30 pm.

The inside story of a dissident for the digital age, who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. Opens at Lagoon Cinema August 3. Thanks to IFC Films.

The reviews are in, and the new Walker Cinema is a hit! "Cinephiles will rejoice," says the Twin Cities Daily Planet, while WCCO calls it "a new Twin Cities masterpiece."

Some fun facts: the digital projector shows twice as many pixels as the latest MacBook "retina" display, and the Cinema is home to the only Meyer Sound EXP system in the Midwest (and just one of seven in the U.S.).

The Premieres series is made possible by generous support from Elizabeth Redleaf.

Beloved locals Brute Heart (with a specially expanded lineup of players) present a new live score for this German Expressionist masterpiece. The Current DJ: David Campbell.

Stop by the galleries before the show– the museum is open and admission is free this night.

"I'm so excited to close this year's Summer Music & Movies with the silent film classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, one of the titles in the Walker's Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection. With its nightmarish expressionist sets and haunting somnambulist, it’s a perfect complement to the Midnight Party exhibition which is curated around the theme of dreams."

—Dean Otto, Film/Video Associate Curator

"I was attracted to Brute Heart's darkly primal atmospherics and distinctive sense of melody. Their spare and cinematic sensibility pairs nicely with the moodiness of the film."

—Doug Benidt, Performing Arts Associate Curator

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Replete with spies and intrigue, this never-ending film noir by Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation shuffles video and sound clips to create a continuously shifting mystery set somewhere in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.

This annual series of short films and videos showcases the finest work produced in Minnesota during the past two years, including animation, documentaries, experimental films, comedies, and dramas.

Additional News

Did you miss the Walker Cinema's sold-out screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild? The film, "a blast of sheer, improbable joy" (New York Times), opens for a theatrical run at the Lagoon Cinema starting July 13.

Did you know the Walker Cinema often features post-screening receptions? The Walker Film Society hosts these events— and the food sure beats the typical greasy popcorn and Raisinets.

Be on the lookout for our film criticism magnetic poetry, which we'll be giving it out at screenings throughout the summer. (And follow walker_film on Twitter to catch our occasional magnetic movie reviews.)

Major support to renovate the Walker Art Center's Cinema and to preserve and digitize the Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection is generously provided by the Bentson Foundation.

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